Lord Avebury: asked Her Majesty's Government:
	Why Home Office officials deleted two sentences in the Home Office position from Paragraph 16 of the briefing paper sent to the Minister of State for Immigration, Citizenship and Nationality, dated 19 January, concerning the British citizenship application of a solely British national (overseas) minor of Indian origin; and whether they will place in the Library of the House the two deleted sentences.

Lord Rooker: No. The Council for Catholic Maintained Schools does not restrict the employment of (a) contractors; (b) architects; and (c) quantity surveyors for schools capital projects to Catholics. All appointments in respect of projects in Catholic Maintained schools are approved by the Department of Education. Neither the Department of Education nor the Council for Catholic Maintained Schools holds any information on the religious background of contractors, architects or quantity surveyors employed.

Lord Rooker: I refer the noble Lord to my answer of 10 October 2005  (Official Report col. WA 41). Her Majesty's Government have not consulted more widely on this matter.

Lord Rooker: I have nothing further to add to my Answer of 2 November 2005 (Official Report, WA 38).